Homemade Lofthouse Cookies Recipe (Copycat)

These sweet sugar cookies are a copycat of the delicious Lofthouse Cookies that you can find in your local bakery section. Decorate with frosting and sprinkles for a whimsical, magical touch.

Have you ever gone to the grocery store to pick up some of those cake-like cookies topped with sweet frosting only to find that they are sold out? With this Lofthouse cookie copycat recipe, you’ll never have to worry about that happening.

How To Make Lofthouse Cookies

For these cute and craveable cookies, you need the following ingredients:

• ½ cup unsalted butter room temperature
• 3 ounces cream cheese
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tbsp vanilla
• 2 ¼ cups cake flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• homemade frosting
• sprinkles

To make them, you begin by creaming butter, cream cheese, and sugar together until fluffy, about 5 minutes.

Add eggs and vanilla and mix until incorporated.

Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to creamed mixture.

Scoop balls of dough onto parchment-lined baking sheets. Chill dough balls for 30 minutes.

After cookie dough has chilled for 30 minutes, preheat your oven to 350° Fahrenheit.

Roll chilled dough into smooth balls and lightly press the tops to flatten.

Bake cookies for 12-14 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes on baking sheet. Remove from sheet and finish cooling on a wire rack.

Spread store-bought or homemade frosting on top and decorate with sprinkles.

These sugar cookies are perfect any time of the year. Here are some ways to jazz them up:

• Valentine’s Day – frost white or red and use heart-shaped sprinkles.
• St. Patrick’s Day – frost green and top with Lucky Charm’s marshmallows.
• Easter – use pastel colors like pink, blue, and yellow.
• 4th of July – decorate with red, white, or blue frosting and use silver sprinkles.
• Christmas – use red and green and sprinkle with holiday sprinkles.
• Baby Showers – use pink or blue frosting and decorate with white sprinkles.

Using Colored Frosting

If you choose to color frosting rather than buy it, there are a few things to keep in mind.

One – Many food coloring sets contain artificial colors. If someone has food sensitivities, choose natural food coloring.

Two – Food coloring can stain your hands and counters. Placing newspaper on top of your counter may help to protect it.

To make the colored frosting, read the directions on the package that you are going to use. Some food colors are liquid and some are dry powders. Start with the least amount bearing in mind that you can always add more, but you cannot take away.

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Original Lofthouse Cookies

Dave and DeAnn Stone of Farmington began baking their cake-like cookies in 1994 in a small leased kitchen in Ogden, Utah, and spent their nights baking cookies and selling them to local convenience stores during the day.

Ralcorp bought Lofthouse in 2002. In 2013, ConAgra purchased Ralcorp and continues to produce the beloved cookie.